1821-1889
male
kyo pottery
Also known as Ogata Kenzan the 6th. After the death of his father, Seishichi, he was taken in by his uncle, Ida Kichiroku, and focused on Raku ware.
At first, he made a living making clay dolls, but later he was discovered by Nishimura Myakuan (5th generation Kenzan, 1784-1853) and started making maki-e lacquerware in the Ogawa Haritsu (Lacquer artist, 1663-1747) style around 1845. He also excelled at pottery, and after receiving a copy of Kenzan’s biography from Nishimura, he began to make pottery in the style of Ogata Kenzan and took the name Kenzan VI.
In addition to pottery, lacquerware, bricks, and glass, he also produced kanzashi and inro beads, which became popular under the name of “kenya-beads”.
He also went to Nagasaki to study shipbuilding techniques on the orders of the Shogunate, and is famous for the successful completion of an western warship “Kaisei-Maru” in the Sendai domain.
